UK porn filter blocks game update that contained 'sex'

[Aidan_088]

[quote]
The firewall being operated by the UK's biggest internet service providers as part of David Cameron's child internet safety campaign has blocked an update of an online video game due which unintentionally included the letters "s-e-x" in its web address.

The update to online strategy game League of Legends was disrupted by the internet filter because the software attempted to access files that accidentally include the word “sex” in the middle of their file names.

The issue was first noted on social news site Reddit by LolBoopje showing that files named Varu[b]sEx[/b]pirationTimer.luaobj and XerathMageChain[b]sEx[/b]tended.luaobj (emphasis added) were enough to trigger a block at the internet service provider level.

For users affected by the broken update, the only current recourse is to switch off the internet filtering by contacting their internet service provider, or to use the online support forms often located within the router and internet settings.
[/quote]

I think we can all sleep soundly knowing that British children have been protected from XerathMageChainsExtended.luaobj

[url]http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/21/uk-porn-filter-blocks-game-update-that-contained-sex[/url]

[PolygonLarry]

wow cameron

[sir whoopsalot]

Class act right there.

[Aphtonites]

The filters also block files with "inappropiate" names? what the fuck
I know it's optional and all, but isn't that sort of overkill

It reminds me of how my old school blocked every website with "Game" in the URL or contents, pretty much everything was inaccessible

[It's crispy]

Are they seriously filtering anything that contains the word "sex"

That's a terrible way to filter inappropriate content

[Ganerumo]

This is exactly like those shitty internet filters you find on school computers that block all domain names with the letter X in them

[MuThing]

I have a terrible feeling that this was coded by the Daily Mail reporters themselves.

If they can barely string together words, then no wonder this sort of shit's happening.

[pr00ch]

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[MuThing]

[QUOTE=proch;43628245]hot assplay tittyfuck bdsm creampie[/QUOTE]

Well that takes care of some of the rust kiddies who decide to come here.

[Murk]

Bad programming like that just makes me snigger

[b](User was banned for this post ("Instabanned for 7 days for saying "nigger"" ))[/b]

[elix]

You know you're dealing with amateurs when a clbuttic mistake like this pops up.

[Viper202]

I fucking knew it was going to be done in such a stupid way from the moment it kicked off. They probably just want to fire and forget so it can stop having attention brought to it.

[FPtje]

[QUOTE=Murkrow;43628268]Bad programming like that just makes me snigger

[b](User was banned for this post ("Instabanned for 7 days for saying "nigger"" ))[/b][/QUOTE]

Ha, good old times.

[Kenneth]

I thought this was gonna be an opt-out thing? Did they change their minds? If not i haven't noticed it yet

[MarkG06]

Yeah what a tragedy LoL's got blocked, gaming is officially ruined thanks Cameron!!

[elix]

[QUOTE=Cructo;43628305]They should rename the county of Essex too, just think of the kids living there.[/QUOTE]

Don't even ask the residents of Scunthorpe about their problems.

[Pilotguy]

[QUOTE=Cructo;43628305]They should rename the county of Essex too, just think of the kids living there.[/QUOTE]

Breaking News: France declares war on Britain after David Cameron firebombs Brest.

[Gustafa]

What an absolute fucking joke. It's things like this that really rattle my chains. Which bright spark comes up with shit like this? Oh yeah let's just block the combination of letters, that won't cause ANY fucking problems what so ever. Our government is so out of touch with the internet it sickens me that they can make any calls on the way it's run what so ever.

[Fulgrim]

each day that goes by i'm more and more convinced we should just, sorta, "sack" the government completely and replace it with a new one completely comprised of newly elected young people who actually live in the present.

[Fulcrum]

[QUOTE=fulgrim;43628560]each day that goes by i'm more and more convinced we should just, sorta, "sack" the government completely and replace it with a new one completely comprised of newly elected young people who actually live in the present.[/QUOTE]

If only...

[ImCrimson]

Reminds me of Facepunch's old insta-ban system.

[smurfy]

[QUOTE=Kenneth;43628299]I thought this was gonna be an opt-out thing? Did they change their minds? If not i haven't noticed it yet[/QUOTE]

It's opt-[I]in[/I] but no one understands

[Memobot]

Aw man! How I'm I sup[B]pose[/B]d to find a good old fashioned East Sus[B]sex[/B] Spotted [B]Dick[/B] recipe now?

[RayvenQ]

[QUOTE=Cructo;43628305]They should rename the county of Essex too, just think of the kids living there.[/QUOTE]

To be honest, Essex having sex in its name is probably the least worrying thing about the place.

[Siduron]

I guess someone needs to learn about how to properly use regexxx.

[TheTalon]

Who are they trying to protect by doing this, and why?

Shit if kids knew about sex by being upfront about it instead of trying to hide it forever as if it'll corrupt the innocent and spill Satan's blood in the streets, you wouldn't have Teen Pregnancy TV shows for fucks sake

[editline]22nd January 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=Siduron;43629128]I guess someone needs to learn about how to properly use regexxx.[/QUOTE]

Probably can't even Google Regexxx in the UK, so they'll never learn

[Uzbekistan]

[QUOTE=Memobot;43628905]Aw man! How I'm I sup[B]pose[/B]d to find a good old fashioned East Sus[B]sex[/B] Spotted [B]Dick[/B] recipe now?[/QUOTE]

Why the word pose in bold? There's nothing dirty about that surely?

[Noss]

I'm still finding it hard to comprehend that we've actually enforced fucking internet filters - this is some China level shit.

[Oizen]

I wonder if they can play Deus Ex there.

[Boaraes]

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